Mallard says winning always counts, yeah right
June 29th, 2006 by Sarah KingIn the article that follows Trevor Mallard is quoted as saying
The “politically correct” habit of not keeping score in children’s competitions should be a thing of the past
Well it should be, but I have children at primary school and Read the rest of this entry »
Keep Babies in Jail: Sue Bradford
June 16th, 2006 by Sarah KingThe Greens in New Zealand must be the most contrary political party of them all.
2 Elections ago they won huge support for their stand against Genetic Engineering and they painted a plausible picture of NZ as the clean food supply for the wealthy (and hopefully us, too).
After the election they were overruled by their coalition partner, Labour, and GE became legal. The practice doesn’t seem to have taken off but the door has swung open.
Since then the Greens, through long time activist Sue Bradford, has campaigned to see prostitution legalised and has a bill before parliament to outlaw smacking.
Now, by opposing these law changes I’m painted as monster who says that whores have no rights and beating children is ok.
And to add to my crimes against humanity I’m now going to drag babies from their convict mothers at the tender age of 6 months.
Well that’s the status quo, but Sue thinks that small children belong in prisons Read the rest of this entry »
Will TradeMe Pay Me?
May 29th, 2006 by Sarah KingI run the website for the Waitakere BMX Club in New Zealand and one frequent question I get from new club members is “how do I get the gear?”
I point them to retailers, who are also generous sponsors, but TradeMe is also a very valuable source of second hand bikes and safety gear. So, it seems that TradeMe do quite well out of clubs like ours and there’s an opportunity for them to participate more with clubs and individuals.
I’d love to have a section where I could list all the BMX gear currently up for auction. They have a BMX category and I’d also be able to search on keywords for motocross clothes and helmets. It would be a great service to our members and also drive people into specific TradeMe auctions.
What’s more, I’d be giving them that exposure and I wouldn’t have to do a thing, just code the page and let it run. TradeMe would write cheques out for the club and everyone would be happy.
I’ve emailed them about this and haven’t heard back, nor have any insiders replied to my message on their messageboard. I won’t give up hope though, I’m sure they’ll see the value!
What Kiwis do with sheep
May 11th, 2006 by Sarah King
The Government have launched a new campaign that is aimed to bring Kiwis home.
These slogans (see above) are part of a $400,000 advertising campaign being launched by the Government in Australia today aimed at luring expat Kiwis home. [source: New Zealand Herald]
TradeMe phishing is not harmless
April 13th, 2006 by Sarah KingThere’s an article in the paper today quoting Keith Ng as saying there is little point behind the latest round of phishing, this time targetting online auction house TradeMe. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s good to be a Rotten Apple
April 11th, 2006 by Sarah KingI tried out ecademy a few years ago and quickly tired of the networking tool. I guess I’m not their target market and I’ve never paid for one of their upgraded membership levels 
Every so often I get a contact message, out of courtesy I take a look but they are rarely interesting. Well I’ve started getting messages from S�ren Gorm Rasmussen flogging the ACN pyramid (or not) scheme which has hit New Zealand. Read the rest of this entry »
Tobacco: Profits or Genocide?
March 29th, 2006 by Sarah King
Anyone who knows me knows how much I hate smoking. Such an insidious habit, so seemingly innocuous yet, as Shane Bradbrook points out, it’s the number one killer of Maori. Then you have to wonder how much of the so called Obesity Epidemic if affected by the sedentary lifestyle associated with smoking.
I’ve long been aware that the advertising and marketing efforts of the Tobacco companies is based on aspiration – to be sophisticated and western and, lets face it, white. So many foibles in the developing nations are based on those same factors – leg lengthening, skin bleaching and smoking. All dangerous, and frankly unbelievable. Yet they happen. We even hear that Chinese brides get raunchy wedding photos taken in an effort to appear modern. That message had to come via the distorted movie industry and it’s low-class relation the porn industry. Read the rest of this entry »
MTB at Paremoremo
March 15th, 2006 by Sarah KingThis has to be a potential jewel in the crown and it would be great to see the North Shore City Council embrace this idea.
Vorb have the full story on the proposed Sanders Reserve and full credit to them for spreading the word.
